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Git the gals and boys together.
 * "Pardners all for a quadrille,"

Cheeks aglow with frosty weather,
 * Hearts that never felt a chill;

Youth an' music never weary,
 * Tho' they meet in hall or hut—

When the sun is on the prairie
 * An' the drift is in the cut.

"Sashy by an' s'lute yer pardners.
 * Sashy back an' how d'ye do!"

Everybody's feelin' funny
 * An' the fiddle feels it too.

Out o' doors the storm may sputter,
 * But within the skies are bright,

Pansies peekin' out, an' butter-
 * Cups a bobbin' in the light.

O, the joy of healthful pleasure!
 * O, the trip of tireless feet!

While the fiddle fills each measure
 * With its music wild an' sweet;

Glints of sun the shadows vary,
 * Though from out the world we're shut,

When the snow is on the prairie
 * An' the drift is in the cut.

During that winter Dakota had an actual snowfall, on the average, of more than twelve feet; much snow remained upon the ground until late in April, and then, under the influence of a warm south wind, was converted into water in a single day. The broad prairies were simply